Text navigation in Java – JDB does not work in bash

When I run JDB in Bash, the arrow keys generate strange garbage:

up: ^[[A
down: ^[[B
left: ^[[D
right: ^[[C

So I can't use command history or correct spelling errors because I can't navigate the text at all, which is very annoying Is there a way to solve this problem?

Java version information:

"1.6.0_24"                                                                             
OpenJDK Runtime Environment (IcedTea6 1.11.5) (fedora-68.1.11.5.fc16-x86_64)                        
OpenJDK 64-Bit Server VM (build 20.0-b12,mixed mode)

Bash version information:

GNU bash,version 4.2.28(1)-release (x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu)

Solution

Have you ever tried running jline with JDB?

Jline provides you with cursor interaction and command line history